[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/4] net: extend the netdev to have a common way to set the hw mac address

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD,

In message <20090511163728.GB32661 at game.jcrosoft.org> you wrote:
>
> > then we agree you're doing it wrong and this patch is not needed/wanted
> > 
> > there is this FAQ, but i think we can add more info to it:
> > http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/EthernetDoesNotWorkInLinux
> It does not work ether

What is "it" in this sentence?

You start a discussion here which is off topic on the U-Boot list. It
deals with a problem that is caused by the  ARM  Linuxkernel  design.
It's  a  very old problem, that has been discussed many times before,
and it's unlikely that we willsolve it here. If you want to solve it,
then please explain it to RMK.

> how do you deal with multiple nic?

Other (more reasonable architectures) use a device tree (current
PowerPC), a binary data structure (old PowerPC), or command line
arguments.

> how do set a mac for NFS Rootfs?

Other (more reasonable architectures) use a device tree (current
PowerPC), a binary data structure (old PowerPC), or command line
arguments.

> how do you boot a *mainline* kernel?

Other (more reasonable architectures) use a device tree (current
PowerPC), a binary data structure (old PowerPC), or command line
arguments.

The fact that mainline ARM has serious deficiencies is another story.
Or can you explain why the ARM kernel cannot load  and  uncompress  a
ramdisk  image  from NOR flash, why we instead have to load it to RAM
first, adding a completely unnecessary copy operation? It's just  one
of  the  issues  with  the  ARM  Linux  kernel  that need to be fixed
*there*.

But, as mentioned, this is off topic here.


Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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